Registry-derived stage (RD-Stage) for capturing cancer stage at diagnosis for endometrial cancer.

(MeSH Headings) registries Cancer Cancer registries Epidemiology Neoplasm staging TNM Stage

Journal

BMC cancer
ISSN: 1471-2407
Titre abrégé: BMC Cancer
Pays: England
ID NLM: 100967800

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
12 Dec 2023
Historique:
received: 01 04 2023
accepted: 06 11 2023
medline: 13 12 2023
pubmed: 13 12 2023
entrez: 13 12 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Capture of cancer stage at diagnosis is important yet poorly reported by health services to population-based cancer registries. In this paper we describe current completeness of stage information for endometrial cancer available in Australian cancer registries; and develop and validate a set of rules to enable cancer registry medical coders to calculate stage using data available to them (registry-derived stage or 'RD-Stage'). Rules for deriving RD-stage (Endometrial carcinoma) were developed using the American Joint Commission on Cancer (AJCC) TNM (tumour, nodes, metastasis) Staging System (8 The necessary data completeness level for calculating RD-Stage (Endometrial carcinoma) across various Australian jurisdictions varied from 0 to 89%. Three jurisdictions captured degree of spread of cancer, rendering RD-Stage unable to be calculated. RD-Stage (Endometrial carcinoma) could not be derived for 64/485 (13%) cases and was not captured for 44/485 (9%) cases in NGOR. At stage category level (I, II, III, IV), there was concordance between RD-Stage and NGOR captured stage in 393/410 (96%) of cases (95.8%, Kendall's coefficient = 0.95). A lack of consistency in data captured by, and data sources reporting to, population-based cancer registries meant that it was not possible to provide national endometrial carcinoma stage data at diagnosis. In a sample of Victorian cases, where surgical pathology was available, there was very good concordance between RD-Stage (Endometrial carcinoma) and clinician-recorded stage data available from NGOR. RD-Stage offers promise in capturing endometrial cancer stage at diagnosis for population epidemiological purposes when it is not provided by health services, but requires more extensive validation.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Capture of cancer stage at diagnosis is important yet poorly reported by health services to population-based cancer registries. In this paper we describe current completeness of stage information for endometrial cancer available in Australian cancer registries; and develop and validate a set of rules to enable cancer registry medical coders to calculate stage using data available to them (registry-derived stage or 'RD-Stage').
METHODOLOGY METHODS
Rules for deriving RD-stage (Endometrial carcinoma) were developed using the American Joint Commission on Cancer (AJCC) TNM (tumour, nodes, metastasis) Staging System (8
RESULTS RESULTS
The necessary data completeness level for calculating RD-Stage (Endometrial carcinoma) across various Australian jurisdictions varied from 0 to 89%. Three jurisdictions captured degree of spread of cancer, rendering RD-Stage unable to be calculated. RD-Stage (Endometrial carcinoma) could not be derived for 64/485 (13%) cases and was not captured for 44/485 (9%) cases in NGOR. At stage category level (I, II, III, IV), there was concordance between RD-Stage and NGOR captured stage in 393/410 (96%) of cases (95.8%, Kendall's coefficient = 0.95).
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
A lack of consistency in data captured by, and data sources reporting to, population-based cancer registries meant that it was not possible to provide national endometrial carcinoma stage data at diagnosis. In a sample of Victorian cases, where surgical pathology was available, there was very good concordance between RD-Stage (Endometrial carcinoma) and clinician-recorded stage data available from NGOR. RD-Stage offers promise in capturing endometrial cancer stage at diagnosis for population epidemiological purposes when it is not provided by health services, but requires more extensive validation.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38087227
doi: 10.1186/s12885-023-11615-6
pii: 10.1186/s12885-023-11615-6
doi:

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Journal Article

Langues

eng

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1222

Informations de copyright

© 2023. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

S M Evans (SM)

Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. sue.evans@cancervic.org.au.

K Ivanova (K)

Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.

R Rome (R)

Epworth Health Care, Melbourne, Australia.

D Cossio (D)

Cancer Alliance Queensland, Woolloongabba, Australia.

Chc Pilgrim (C)

Central Clinical School, Department of Surgery, The Alfred, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

J Zalcberg (J)

School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

Y Antill (Y)

Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

L Blake (L)

Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.

A Du Guesclin (A)

Department of Anatomical Pathology, The Alfred, Melbourne, Australia.

A Garrett (A)

Queensland Centre for Gynaecological Cancer, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

D Giffard (D)

Cancer Alliance Queensland, Woolloongabba, Australia.

N Golobic (N)

Cancer Alliance Queensland, Woolloongabba, Australia.

D Moir (D)

Department of Anatomical Pathology, The Alfred, Melbourne, Australia.

S Parikh (S)

Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.

A Parisi (A)

ACT Cancer Registry Australian Capital Territory Health, Deakin, Australia.

K Sanday (K)

Queensland Centre for Gynaecological Cancer, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

C Shadbolt (C)

Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

M Smith (M)

ACT Cancer Registry Australian Capital Territory Health, Deakin, Australia.

L Te Marvelde (L)

Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.

K Williams (K)

Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.

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